Prix de Rome
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Art Prizes: Encouragement or Exclusion?
Art prizes can catapult unknown artists into the limelight or deepen the divide between the elite and the emerging. Take the…
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Biography: Jean-Antoine Watteau
Jean-Antoine Watteau, born on October 10, 1684, in Valenciennes, France, emerged as one of the most influential painters of the early…
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Inspiration: “Leda and the Swan,” by Jean Leon Gerome
Jean-Léon Gérôme was born at Vesoul, Haute-Saône. He went to Paris in 1840 where he studied under Paul Delaroche, whom he…
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Biography: Guillaume Van Strydonck
Guillaume Van Strydonck (1861–1937) was a Belgian painter renowned for his transition from realism to impressionism throughout his career. Born in…
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Biography: Adrien Moreau
Adrien Moreau, a French Academic painter born on April 6, 1843, in Troyes, France, distinguished himself as a prominent figure in…
